Nadira Isayeva

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Gadzhimurad Kamalov, founder of the independent
daily Chernovik, was murdered in Makhachkala, capital of Russia's southern
republic of Dagestan, on December 15, 2011. The slaying was brazen, coming on the
national Day of Remembrance for journalists killed in the course of their work.
The late-evening assault took place outside Chernovik's
newsroom, located on Makhachkala's Magomed Gadzhiev Street. Equipped with numerous
security cameras, the street is a throughway for government motorcades,
including that of the regional president. Nobody moves undetected there. But Kamalov's
slaying is yet to be solved.

Nadira Isayeva, a 2010 CPJ
International Press Freedom Award winner, has been
living in exile since she left her native Dagestan, in Russia's volatile North
Caucasus, in November 2011. Isayeva, the editor-in-chief of the independent weekly Chernovik, had been harassed by security
forces for her relentless, critical coverage of their heavy-handed
anti-terrorism operations in the region. Yet she was hesitant to leave, unable
to imagine herself not reporting on these issues.

After
fellow human rights advocates finally convinced Isayeva to leave, she came to
New York, where she works as a fellow at Columbia University's Harriman Institute.
(The interview has been edited).

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New York,
December 15, 2011--Today's
murder of Gadzhimurad Kamalov, founder of the independent newspaper Chernovik in the southern Russian republic of
Dagestan today is a lethal blow to press freedom, said the Committee to Protect
Journalists.

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New York, May 19, 2011--TheCommittee to Protect Journalists welcomes today's court ruling
in the southern republic of Dagestan, which acquitted Editor Nadira Isayeva
and four reporters with the Makhachkala-based independent weekly Chernovik of long-standing, politicized extremism
charges.

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New York, November 24, 2010--Outstanding journalists at the forefront of the battle for press freedom in Ethiopia, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela were honored Tuesday evening at the Committee to Protect Journalists' 20th Annual International Press Freedom Awards benefit dinner.

The last few weeks have been extremely busy for everyone at
CPJ as we've been preparing for the 2010 International Press Freedom Awards.
Today's press conference in Washington will be followed by a series of events
culminating in our awards ceremony Tuesday in New York. As always, the awardees
make it special.